09/02/2026
Sometimes the strongest jail cell isn’t the one around you. It’s the one inside your own mind.
I was sitting here waiting to get called for my Live Scan today, and I noticed how differently people were reacting to the exact same situation.
The wait was long.
Some people were frustrated. They had meetings to get to. Places to be. Things they needed to do.
And I get it.
But none of us could control how fast that line moved.
I had already accepted that it might take a while, so I went home, grabbed my book, came back and thought, “Cool. I can knock out my reading for 75 Hard while I wait.”
Same jail cell. Different mindset.
Then I read something that made the moment hit even harder.
Negative thinking is like throwing dirt into the crankshaft of your car and expecting the engine to run smoothly. It’s like smearing mud across your windshield and wondering why you can’t see clearly.
That’s what negativity does to our minds.
And sometimes we don’t realize we’re the ones building the bars.
Every “I can’t.”
Every “this always happens to me.”
Every “I don’t have enough time.”
Every assumption that something is happening to us instead of asking what we can do with it.
Thinking big requires breaking out of that cell.
You won’t always control the wait.
You won’t always control the circumstances.
You won’t always control what happens around you.
But you can control what happens between your ears.
And sometimes freedom starts right there
